It’s safe to say, I’m probably not flying through the ACFT test any time soon, and I’m definitely not adding leg tucks to my workouts in the future, but it was a fun challenge - even if it did obtain some odd looks in the gym. At the end of my failed leg tucks, I realized that to get full marks on the two-mile run I’d need to complete it after 20 reps, I’d have to complete the run in 15 minutes, which is a 7:30-minute mile pace. The ACFT is designed to test fitness, not combat readiness, and combined with the deadlifts, power throws, and sprint drag carries you need to complete, I’d say a plank is more than challenging enough. The Rogue MIL Pull-Up Station is built to the required specs of the Army Combat Fitness Tests Leg Tuck event, with an extended width of 62 between the. That said, I do tend to agree that the plank is a much better exercise for testing core strength. I definitely couldn’t have gotten through 20 reps of this exercise - I think I managed about eight before admitting defeat. This definitely helped me get through another couple of reps, but once again, it was the returning to the starting position bit that really tested me. For this, you hold onto the bar with your elbows bent, but then lean your upper body back away from your arms, making it easier to tuck your knees up to your chest. On the next rep, I managed to do the exercise properly, but my hands were already starting to slip from the bar - having to lower back to your starting position was really challenging, and meant you spent a lot more time hanging from the bar than you would in a normal set of pull-ups.Īfter another wobbly rep (as I mentioned earlier, I’m a runner with not a lot of upper body strength), I stumbled across another YouTube video mentioning the “lean back method” to doing leg tucks. Instinctively, I crossed my ankles over one another during my first rep to try and steady my lower body. Unlike a pull-up, you’re engaging your arms and legs during this exercise to raise both your torsos and your knees up to the bar. The first thing I noticed is you need a really good grip for this move. Confident that I could definitely hold a plank for 80 seconds, I went into the leg tucks feeling smug - sure, I might not manage 20 reps, but I’d be able to do one, right? Looking at the current ACFT scoring standards, for my gender and age group, I’d have to hold a plank for 1 minute and 20 seconds to pass the test, or 3:30 to get full marks. I tried the ACFT leg tuck - here’s what happened
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